Item Description: U.S.A.: Studio, 2004. Soft cover. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Has 184 pages and is filled lots of black and white photographs and many color photos. Chronicles all the excitement of the New York Yankees but also events such as the epic rivalry between the West Point Cadets and Knute Rockne's Norte Dame, championship boxing matches featuring Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, Billy Conn, Willie Pep, Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson among others. Also hosted Billy Graham's revival meetings and Papal Masses. In very good condition. I have many other publications on ball parks in stock. Discounts available on multiple purchases. Bookseller Inventory # ABE-17104849835

Item Description: Penguin Books, New York, 1991. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. First Edition, Later Printing. Pictorial wraps hearily rubbed along exttremities with corner wear w creases, chipping. Interior age-tanned throughout; mild bump to spine head. Edges of text-block soiled. Ow clean, sound. "A.J. Liebling's classic "New Yorker" pieces on the "sweet science of bruising" bring vividly to life the boxing world as it once was. It depicts the great events of boxing's American heyday: Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano's rise to prominence, Joe Louis's unfortunate decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story behind the fight, and he evokes the atmosphere in the arena as distinctly as he does the goings-on in the ring--a combination that prompted "Sports Illustrated "to name "The Sweet Science" the best American sports book of all time."--publisher Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Used. Bookseller Inventory # 009372

Item Description: University Press of Florida, 2010. Book Condition: Used. This Book is in Good Condition. Clean Copy With Light Amount of Wear. 100% Guaranteed. Summary: Be a part of the legendary boxing gym in its prime "It was the gym where the Muhammad Ali legend was born. The 5th Street Gym in Miami and those that inhabited it are gone now, but inside these pages their spirit lives."--Thomas K. Stewart, Boxing Writers of America "Ferdie Pacheco takes you back to a time and place that no longer exist in boxing. On these pages, you are standing alongside the great characters of the sport, inside the wonderfully eclectic 5th Street Gym. You can feel the rhythm of the gym, smell the sweat, and hear the pounding of the heavy bags. What a ride."--Robert Cassidy, Newsday In its forty-year existence, the 5th Street Gym housed the training grounds for three of the greatest fighters the sport has ever known--Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Sugar Ray Leonard--and became the locus for a grand total of fourteen world champions. The site was also a magnet for a wide range of international celebrities including Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Jackie Gleason, Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, and Sylvester Stallone, who were all absorbed into the gym's legend. The 5th Street Gym's beginnings trace back to 1950, when Chris Dundee, along with his brother Angelo, began promoting big-time boxing at Miami Beach. Tales from the 5th Street Gym includes a wealth of never-before-seen photographs and is the first to chronicle the fascinating history of the 5th Street Gym from one of its insiders--Dr. Ferdie Pacheco--with crucial contributions from Tom Archdeacon, Angelo Dundee, Suzanne Dundee Bonner, Enrique Encinosa, Howard Kleinberg, Ramiro Ortiz, Edwin Pope, Bob Sheridan, and Budd Schulberg. Discover the secret history of one of boxing's most hallowed grounds, as Pacheco recalls the rise, heyday, and fall of the "sweet science" at Miami Beach. Bookseller Inventory # ABE_book_usedgood_0813034361

Item Description: Pitch Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, 2016. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 198 x 129 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book. Close Encounters with the Gloves Off is a rollercoaster ride through boxing history in the words of the boxers themselves, as they recall their highs and lows, their greatest triumphs, the background stories and many shock revelations. Acclaimed boxing writer, author and historian Thomas Myler has interviewed every one of the pugilistic greats featured, during a career spent covering boxing; from the big names of the Roaring 20s right through to boxing s modern era. Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey, Georges Carpentier, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Marciano, Joe Frazier, George Foreman and modern greats such as Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Evander Holyfield and Ken Buchanan all feature. Myler has spent a lifetime around boxing and boxers and was once described by George Kimball, prize-winning author of the acclaimed Four Kings, as One of the world s best boxing writers . Close Encounters with the Gloves Off pulls together that life s work to take the reader on a wonderful boxing journey which spans almost an entire century. Bookseller Inventory # AA29781785311222

Item Description: Pitch Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, 2016. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 198 x 129 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book. Close Encounters with the Gloves Off is a rollercoaster ride through boxing history in the words of the boxers themselves, as they recall their highs and lows, their greatest triumphs, the background stories and many shock revelations. Acclaimed boxing writer, author and historian Thomas Myler has interviewed every one of the pugilistic greats featured, during a career spent covering boxing; from the big names of the Roaring 20s right through to boxing s modern era. Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey, Georges Carpentier, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Marciano, Joe Frazier, George Foreman and modern greats such as Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Evander Holyfield and Ken Buchanan all feature. Myler has spent a lifetime around boxing and boxers and was once described by George Kimball, prize-winning author of the acclaimed Four Kings, as One of the world s best boxing writers . Close Encounters with the Gloves Off pulls together that life s work to take the reader on a wonderful boxing journey which spans almost an entire century. Bookseller Inventory # AA29781785311222

Item Description: Hatherleigh Press, 2009. Book Condition: Used. This Book is in Good Condition. Clean Copy With Light Amount of Wear. 100% Guaranteed. Summary: "Oden captures the essence of the fight . . . in the ring and in the real world. An excellent read." --Donald J. Trump "Oden has crafted a masterful collection of inspirational stories that any reader, including a mediocre boxer at the U.S. Naval Academy, can take to heart." --John S. McCain, United States Senator "The best book I have ever read which connects boxing to life, and the parallels between them." --Emanuel Steward, famed boxing commentator and world-class trainer to 39 world champions, including Wladimir Klitschko, Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Thomas Hearns, Oscar De La Hoya, and Julio Caesar Chavez. Bookseller Inventory # ABE_book_usedgood_1578263115

Item Description: Anness Publishing, United Kingdom, 2012. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Updated ed.. 216 x 165 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book. This is the complete story of boxing from the pugilists of the classical amphitheatres to the heroes of today. This is the ultimate companion for any serious fight-fan. The Champions includes illustrated biographies of Corbett, Sullivan, Kid Lewis, Dempsey, Tunney, Freddie Mills, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Henry Cooper, Muhammad Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Holmes, Bruno, McGuigan, Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson and many others. The Great Fights covers over eighty epic encounters in detail, each famous for its savagery, artistry, controversy, spectacle or prize-money. The World of Boxing offers a behind-the-scenes look at the managers, the promoters, the trophies and the venues, and a pictorial guide to the books, magazines, cards and collector s items that document boxing s past and present. Boxing, combining brute force and raw courage with classic skill and artistry, appeals to a broader range of emotions and senses than any other form of human sport. The first section, The Champions, offers biographies and visual portraits of the legendary names in boxing, including the greats of the modern era. The second section, The Great Fights, highlights those contests and moments that form the core of boxing lore. Eighty encounters are covered in detail. The final section, The World of Boxing, offers a behind-the-scenes insight into the managers, promoters, trophies, venues, magazines, books, paintings and collector s items. Bookseller Inventory # AAZ9781780190587

Item Description: Anness Publishing, United Kingdom, 2012. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Updated ed.. 216 x 165 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book. This is the complete story of boxing from the pugilists of the classical amphitheatres to the heroes of today. This is the ultimate companion for any serious fight-fan. The Champions includes illustrated biographies of Corbett, Sullivan, Kid Lewis, Dempsey, Tunney, Freddie Mills, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Henry Cooper, Muhammad Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Holmes, Bruno, McGuigan, Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson and many others. The Great Fights covers over eighty epic encounters in detail, each famous for its savagery, artistry, controversy, spectacle or prize-money. The World of Boxing offers a behind-the-scenes look at the managers, the promoters, the trophies and the venues, and a pictorial guide to the books, magazines, cards and collector s items that document boxing s past and present. Boxing, combining brute force and raw courage with classic skill and artistry, appeals to a broader range of emotions and senses than any other form of human sport. The first section, The Champions, offers biographies and visual portraits of the legendary names in boxing, including the greats of the modern era. The second section, The Great Fights, highlights those contests and moments that form the core of boxing lore. Eighty encounters are covered in detail. The final section, The World of Boxing, offers a behind-the-scenes insight into the managers, promoters, trophies, venues, magazines, books, paintings and collector s items. Bookseller Inventory # AAZ9781780190587

Item Description: John Blake Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, 2012. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 198 x 128 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book. Henry Cooper is best remembered for the night he nearly changed boxing history - 19 July 1963. Fighting an up-and-coming boxer by the name of Cassius Clay, later to become Muhammad Ali, his famous left hook (known as Henry s Hammer ) sent Clay crashing onto the canvas. Arguably Britain s greatest ever heavyweight fighter, Cooper won 40 of his 55 professional bouts, beating most of the true boxing greats along the way. His story is littered with famous names - Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson, Sonny Liston, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, and, of course, Ali. But Cooper s retirement from the sport did not spell the end of his time in the public eye, as he embarked on a successful media career. Disaster struck in the 1990s, however, when his innocent involvement in a scandal surrounding insurance giants Lloyd s of London led to him having to sell his unique collection of three Lonsdale belts to pay his bills.He was knighted in the millennium New Year s honours list for his services to boxing, and his death in May 2011 sparked a huge outpouring of tributes from the sporting community. Bookseller Inventory # UGH9781843589464

Item Description: John Blake Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, 2012. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 198 x 128 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book. Henry Cooper is best remembered for the night he nearly changed boxing history - 19 July 1963. Fighting an up-and-coming boxer by the name of Cassius Clay, later to become Muhammad Ali, his famous left hook (known as Henry s Hammer ) sent Clay crashing onto the canvas. Arguably Britain s greatest ever heavyweight fighter, Cooper won 40 of his 55 professional bouts, beating most of the true boxing greats along the way. His story is littered with famous names - Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson, Sonny Liston, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, and, of course, Ali. But Cooper s retirement from the sport did not spell the end of his time in the public eye, as he embarked on a successful media career. Disaster struck in the 1990s, however, when his innocent involvement in a scandal surrounding insurance giants Lloyd s of London led to him having to sell his unique collection of three Lonsdale belts to pay his bills.He was knighted in the millennium New Year s honours list for his services to boxing, and his death in May 2011 sparked a huge outpouring of tributes from the sporting community. Bookseller Inventory # UGH9781843589464

Item Description: AUTHORHOUSE, United States, 2007. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 226 x 147 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This book is about some ghetto kids of the 1930 s and 40 s who became famous because they learned how to fight better than anyone else. We call them boxers and they came from the neighborhoods of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit and other cities. The Television Set was introduced to Americans in the late 1940 s as an alternative to radio. The Friday Night fights soon followed. The Friday Night fights were broadcast weekly by Gillete and Pabst Blue Ribbon from the late 1940 s into the early 1960 s. Along with The Milton Berle Show the Friday Night fights helped to sell millions of television sets during these years as families and friends gathered together to watch their heroes perform. FRIDAY S HEROES is also about a young man from the Italian section of Hartford, Connecticut who went on to become One of the Greatest Fighters in the history of the sport. His name was Willie Pep. This Will O the Wisp was World Featherweight Champion from 1942-1951 and campaigned for twenty-six years. Finally, this is a book about such people as Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Graziano, Chico Vejar, Kid Gavilan, Joey Giardello, Billy Graham, Rocky Marciano, Ezzard Charles, Joe Louis, Jake LaMotta, and others who are no longer the ghetto kids making a living from boxing, but middle-aged men with the roar of the crowd behind them. Today, the athlete - never to be confused with a boxer - is a celebrated figure. Yet as boxers these men seemed to have a different kind of respectability in our society, perhaps because they had to fight for a living. Nevertheless, no warrior that stalked the arena was more gallant than these kids. Willie Pep Remembers.Friday s Heroes is a book about people, these people. Bookseller Inventory # AAV9781434301826

Item Description: Farrar, Straus Giroux Inc, United States, 2004. Paperback. Book Condition: New. North Point Pre.. 204 x 140 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book. A.J. Liebling s classic New Yorker pieces on the sweet science of bruising bring vividly to life the boxing world as it once was. It depicts the great events of boxing s American heyday: Sugar Ray Robinson s dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano s rise to prominence, Joe Louis s unfortunate decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story behind the fight, and he evokes the atmosphere in the arena as distinctly as he does the goings-on in the ring--a combination that prompted Sports Illustrated to name The Sweet Science the best American sports book of all time. Bookseller Inventory # ABZ9780374272272

Item Description: Farrar, Straus Giroux Inc, United States, 2004. Paperback. Book Condition: New. North Point Pre.. 204 x 140 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book. A.J. Liebling s classic New Yorker pieces on the sweet science of bruising bring vividly to life the boxing world as it once was. It depicts the great events of boxing s American heyday: Sugar Ray Robinson s dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano s rise to prominence, Joe Louis s unfortunate decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story behind the fight, and he evokes the atmosphere in the arena as distinctly as he does the goings-on in the ring--a combination that prompted Sports Illustrated to name The Sweet Science the best American sports book of all time. Bookseller Inventory # ABZ9780374272272

Item Description: Forgotten Books, United States, 2015. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 229 x 152 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. Excerpt from Health and Safety of Professional Boxing: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, January 20, and September 22, 1994 The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:30 a.m. in the Convention Center Board Room, 3150 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV, Hon. Richard H. Bryan, presiding. Staff members assigned to this hearing: Moses Boyd, senior counsel; and Sherman Joyce, minority professional staff member. Opening Statement Of Senator Bryan Senator Bryan. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to today s field hearing by the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. Today s hearing will examine health and safety issues relating to professional boxing. We will be reviewing the role of State governments in establishing health and safety regulations, and their efforts to monitor the health and safety of professional boxers in ways in which health and safety provisions for professional boxers can be enhanced. We have invited a number of distinguished witnesses who have a wealth of experience in the sport of boxing to join with us this morning and to share their views with the subcommittee. Although techniques and styles of boxing have changed over the years, boxing today continues to be a major international attraction. Unquestionably one of the most popular sports, boxing is one of the marquee events at the summer Olympic games. Boxing is also one of the premier sports in the United States. Statistics show that 65 percent of all professional boxing events in the world take place in the United States, and 85 percent of all boxing revenue is generated here. Live and telecast events have tens of millions of fans. ESPN and USA cable networks, the leading television outlets for professional fighting have combined subscriptions of 120 million. Many of our Nation s leading sports figures come from the sport of boxing, including such legends as Joe Lewis, Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson, Mohammed Ali, and more recently, Sugar Ray Leonard. It is fitting that we hold this hearing here in Las Vegas, which is recognized internationally as one of the key sites for major boxing events. Since 1987, Las Vegas has been the host of 17 major title bouts. These events alone were attended by more than 187,000 fans, with an estimated impact of nearly $89 million. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Bookseller Inventory # APC9781331691440

Item Description: Forgotten Books, United States, 2015. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 229 x 152 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.Excerpt from Health and Safety of Professional Boxing: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, January 20, and September 22, 1994 The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:30 a.m. in the Convention Center Board Room, 3150 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV, Hon. Richard H. Bryan, presiding. Staff members assigned to this hearing: Moses Boyd, senior counsel; and Sherman Joyce, minority professional staff member. Opening Statement Of Senator Bryan Senator Bryan. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to today s field hearing by the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. Today s hearing will examine health and safety issues relating to professional boxing. We will be reviewing the role of State governments in establishing health and safety regulations, and their efforts to monitor the health and safety of professional boxers in ways in which health and safety provisions for professional boxers can be enhanced. We have invited a number of distinguished witnesses who have a wealth of experience in the sport of boxing to join with us this morning and to share their views with the subcommittee. Although techniques and styles of boxing have changed over the years, boxing today continues to be a major international attraction. Unquestionably one of the most popular sports, boxing is one of the marquee events at the summer Olympic games. Boxing is also one of the premier sports in the United States. Statistics show that 65 percent of all professional boxing events in the world take place in the United States, and 85 percent of all boxing revenue is generated here. Live and telecast events have tens of millions of fans. ESPN and USA cable networks, the leading television outlets for professional fighting have combined subscriptions of 120 million. Many of our Nation s leading sports figures come from the sport of boxing, including such legends as Joe Lewis, Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson, Mohammed Ali, and more recently, Sugar Ray Leonard. It is fitting that we hold this hearing here in Las Vegas, which is recognized internationally as one of the key sites for major boxing events. Since 1987, Las Vegas has been the host of 17 major title bouts. These events alone were attended by more than 187,000 fans, with an estimated impact of nearly $89 million. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Bookseller Inventory # APC9781331691440

Item Description: AUTHORHOUSE, United States, 2007. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 226 x 147 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This book is about some ghetto kids of the 1930 s and 40 s who became famous because they learned how to fight better than anyone else. We call them boxers and they came from the neighborhoods of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit and other cities. The Television Set was introduced to Americans in the late 1940 s as an alternative to radio. The Friday Night fights soon followed. The Friday Night fights were broadcast weekly by Gillete and Pabst Blue Ribbon from the late 1940 s into the early 1960 s. Along with The Milton Berle Show the Friday Night fights helped to sell millions of television sets during these years as families and friends gathered together to watch their heroes perform. FRIDAY S HEROES is also about a young man from the Italian section of Hartford, Connecticut who went on to become One of the Greatest Fighters in the history of the sport. His name was Willie Pep. This Will O the Wisp was World Featherweight Champion from 1942-1951 and campaigned for twenty-six years. Finally, this is a book about such people as Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Graziano, Chico Vejar, Kid Gavilan, Joey Giardello, Billy Graham, Rocky Marciano, Ezzard Charles, Joe Louis, Jake LaMotta, and others who are no longer the ghetto kids making a living from boxing, but middle-aged men with the roar of the crowd behind them. Today, the athlete - never to be confused with a boxer - is a celebrated figure. Yet as boxers these men seemed to have a different kind of respectability in our society, perhaps because they had to fight for a living. Nevertheless, no warrior that stalked the arena was more gallant than these kids. Willie Pep Remembers.Friday s Heroes is a book about people, these people. Bookseller Inventory # AAV9781434301826